Nethergarment.



S. N. MAGILL. NETHERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.2'5, 1914.

LILQ6 585B Patented July 13, 1915.

earners opinion SAMUEL ZN. MAGILL, 0F ELKINS PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.

NETHERGABMENT.

Application filed September 25, 1914.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, IEAMUEL N. MAGILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkins Park, in the county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Nethergarments,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in nether garments, such as a petticoat, wherein I provide the same, preferably adjacent the waist edge thereof, with a resilient member or members, whereby the garment will be adapted for various sized waists and will closely engage the Waist of the wearer.

It further consists in providing one or more resilient members, preferably seated within a casing or casings formed in the garment, one Wall of the casing having an extended end and with the ends of the resilient member secured at suitable points to the garment to provide an excess of material between the points of engagement forming puckers or gathers, whereby suitable expansion of the member or members is permitted between the points of connection with the petticoat, and the material between the points of connection serving to prevent the improper expansion of said member or members beyond a desired limit, the extended end being detachably secured by the means which secures the ends of the resilient member.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter ent preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization 'of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a petticoat embodying mv invention. Fig. firepresents, on an enlarged scale, a sectional view on line m-m Fig. 4;. Fig. 3 represents, on an enlarged scale, a sectional view on line y-y Fig. 4. Fig. 4. represents, 011 an enlarged scale, a longitudinal horizontal section of one of the resilient Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1915.

Serial No. 863,435.

for securing the resilient member ready to be inserted into position. Fig. 7 represents a side elevation, partly broken away, of a portion of the waist edge of the petticoat.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :1 designates a nether garment, here shown as a petticoat of any suitable form, preferably provided with a placket 2 having suitable fastening means 3 for securing the edges of the placket 2 together. As here shown, the petticoat is preferably provided with the waist band 4 and I preferably form a casing at the waist band in any suitable manner, as by securing a tape 5, in suitable relation to the band, and in such a manner as to form casings at suitable points, preferably at the hip portions of the petticoat. Seated within a casing and extending longitudinally are the resilient or elastic members 6 and 7, which are spaced apart and which are here shown in the form of coiled springs and which may be of any suitable material to accomplish the desired purpose. The ends of the resilient members are adapted to be secured to the petticoat in such a manner that an excess or surplus of the material between the points of connection is provided, which excess forms puckers' or gathers which are freely longitudinally movable on said resilient members, whereby expansion of said members is permitted.

I preferably form at each end of the springs the eyes 8 through which pass the rivets 9 for securing the ends of said springs or resilient members to the petticoat. The casing or pocket has a suitable opening at one end through which the resilient member can be inserted and removed, and one wall of the casing or pocket is provided with an extended end portion 10 which is adapted to secure the extended end portion of the casing or pocket to close the opening thereto, and so that the resilient member is wholly concealed and held within the said casing or pocket.

It will be understood that I arrange the puckering or gathering in such a manner that when fully expanded, the material serves as a stop or limit to prevent the too great expansion of the resilient member or members, so that it is impossible to stretch the same beyond. the elastic limit.

While I have shown in the drawings a petticoat, with two resilient members, I may employ a single member or more, as may be desired.

It will be understood that I have shown one form of the invention as found to be successful and practical in operation, but it will be evident that I .do not desire to be limited to the form of casing,'northe form of springs, nor the means for attaching the ends of the springs to the petticoat, as other instrumentalities may be employed which willcome within'the scope of my claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim'as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

In a garment of the character stated, the combination of a waistband having a casing with a suitable opening thereto, and with one wall thereof having an extended end portion, oi a resilient member adapted to be removably seated in said casing, and remow able means securing the ends of said member within the casing and engaging said end portion to secure the same to the band to close said casing, whereby the resilient member is wholly concealed and held within said xasing.

SAMUEL N. MAGILL. \Vitnesses C. D. MOVAY, K. M. BROPHY. 

